Ice-pitcher



UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN VAS SEUR, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ICEA-PITCHER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 225,440, dated March 9, 1880.

Application filed February 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN VASSEUR, of VVallingiord, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Ice-Pitcher, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved ice-pitcher of simple construction with a removable lining of porcelain or similar material.

The invention consists in an icepitcher containin g a removable lining of porcelain, glass, or similar material resting upon the detachable bottom of the said pitcher.

In the accompanying drawing a crosssectional elevation .of my improved pitcher is shown.-

A pitcher, A, made of any desired metal, is provided with a spout, B, and handle G, in the ordinary manner. The upper part of the pitcher is provided with a metal lining, D,

containing an aperture, E, 'to permit the water to flow out of the pitcher through the spout B. The said metallic lining D is connected with the outer wall of the pitcher by a ring, F, set up a short distance from the lower edge of the lining D, and provided with a downward-projecting flange, G, which forms an annular groove with the slightly projecting edge of the lining D, for receiving a packingring, H, of rubber or some other suitable material.

A ring, J, provided with a number of threaded apertures having a threaded nut, K, fastened over them, is attached to the inner side of the pitcher near the lower edge of the same. This ring J may be replaced by a ring of greater thickness not requiring the threaded sockets K.

The bottom L of the pitcher has a ring, M, provided with a flange, N, attached to the same, upon which flange N the removable porcelain, earthenware, or glass lining O of the pitcher rests. A flat metal ring, P, of suficient width to project beyond the point of contact of the ring M and the bottom L, is held up against the latter by a number of screws, Q, passing through the said ring P and the bottom L, and taking in the threaded nuts K attached to the ring J, or into the threaded apertures in the said ring J. The pitcher rests on a suitable base, R.

The lining 0 is fastened in the pitcher in the following manner: The bottom being removed, the lining 0, which has a flat metal ring, S, fastened to the outside at the upper edge by means of plaster-of-paris or some suitable material, is placed into the pitcher so that its upper edge rests against the rubber packing H. The ring S will compensate for any irregularity in the shape of the upper edge of the lining O. The bottom L is then placed up against the under side of the ring J in such a manner that the annular flange N rests against the bottom of the lining, and this bottom L is then secured by placing the ring P against the same and fastening all these parts together by the screws K.

The flanged ring M may be replaced by a number of supporting-studs or the lining may be supported in some other suitable manner.

If the lining of a pitcher made as herein described is broken or damaged, the same can be easily replaced, and will always be held firmly.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat cut-- 1. As an improved .article of manufacture, an ice-pitcher made, substantially as herein shown and described, with a removable porcelain lining and a detachable bottom, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the ice-pitcher A, of the removable lining O, the packing-ring H, and the detachable bottom L, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the linings D and O, of the packing-ring H and the detachable bottom L, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an ice-pitcher, the combination, with the detachable bottom L, of the rings J and P and the screws K, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In an ice-pitcher, the bottom L, constructed, as shown, with a flanged ring, M, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose of supporting the lining O, as set forth.

HERMAN VASSEUR.

Witnesses:

J. J. REDMOND, O. G. POMEROY. 

